Football is the name given to a number of different, but related, team sports. The most popular of these worldwide is Association football, which also goes by the name of soccer. The English language word football is also applied to Rugby football (Rugby union and Rugby league), North American football (American and Canadian), Australian rules football, and Gaelic football.

While it is widely believed that the word football, or "foot ball", originated in reference to the action of a foot kicking a ball, there is a rival explanation, which has it that football originally referred to a variety of games in medieval Europe, which were played on foot.Professional Football Researchers Association Origins of Football These games were usually played by peasants, as opposed to the horse-riding sports often played by aristocrats. While there is no conclusive evidence for this explanation, the word football has always implied a variety of games played on foot, not just those that involved kicking a ball. In some cases, the word football has been applied to games which have specifically outlawed kicking the ball. (See football (word) for more details.)

All football games involve scoring with a spherical or ellipsoidal ball (itself called a football), by moving the ball into, onto, or over a goal area or line defended by the opposing team. Many of the modern games have their origins in England, but many peoples around the world have played games which involved kicking and/or carrying a ball since ancient times.

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@woolford sweet! jealous, drink some espresso and go watch a football match!
TheLoper (Loper) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:22:38 -0000
@woolford sweet! jealous, drink some espresso and go watch a football match!
just voted "Soccer" on "Soccer or Football?" vote too ➔ http://bit.ly/9t6o7
sheylawlu (Sheyla Anandita) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:22:37 -0000
just voted "Soccer" on "Soccer or Football?" vote too ➔ http://bit.ly/9t6o7
Love this time of year. MU basketball gets started tomorrow, football is still in the hunt, and the Royals are tied for first until April.
CreativePetrol (Nick Kinney) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:22:30 -0000
Love this time of year. MU basketball gets started tomorrow, football is still in the hunt, and the Royals are tied for first until April.
new football manager season ... my day is planned.
rb_x (richie beattie) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:22:30 -0000
new football manager season ... my day is planned.
Free Flag Football Drills – Flag Pulling and Flag Tag - Football ... http://bit.ly/4ALR3p
clearvisage (Angela Young) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:22:23 -0000
Free Flag Football Drills – Flag Pulling and Flag Tag - Football ... http://bit.ly/4ALR3p
RT @LaTangelaFay: What's for breakfast??!!?? My stomach is touchin my back....>OJ Simpson played football?! WHAT?! Lol
keke_shay (Wkeithia) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:22:13 -0000
RT @LaTangelaFay: What's for breakfast??!!?? My stomach is touchin my back....>OJ Simpson played football?! WHAT?! Lol

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